Men's and Women's hoops on the cusp of ideal SEC seeding scenarios

Today, the Lady Dogs beat Arkansas and Vandy lost to UT. The two events converged to give Andy Landers' squad an exceptional bracket path in the Women's SEC Tourney. The seeding is:

1. Tennessee
2. Georgia
3. Vandy
4. LSU

That means that Landers can avoid his personal Scylla and Charybdis (UT and LSU) until Sunday. (Note: The women's tourney doesn't recognize East/West divisions).

SEC Men's Bracket
On the men's side, Vanderbilt beat Kentucky today to give the Dores inside track at the #2 seed in the SEC East. Georgia is now locked in a three way tie with UK and UT for third place in the East, and we play both of them in the next two games. UK has UGA (home) and UF (road) while UT finishes their season with UF (home) and UGA (road).

Here are some of our more likely scenarios (there are others):

-- Beat both. Secure the 3 seed. Make the NCAA tourney with wiggle room to spare. Avoid UF til Saturday. Likely avoid UK all together or until Sunday.

-- Beat either. Likely secure the East's 4 seed. Most likely make the NCAA tourney. Avoid UF or UK til Sunday at the Dome. Have our best chance in 10+ years to make it to Saturday or beyond in the tourney. In other words, we can actually play the SEC tourney for NCAA seeding.

-- Beat neither. Weep openly. Take the 5 seed. Miss the NCAA tourney. Catch a blistering beat down on Friday (if we make it that far) in the SEC tourney vs. the Gators.

So there's that.

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